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Filipinos flock to hear pope offer hope, consolation to poor

January 18, 2015

Hundreds of thousands of people filled Manila’s main park and surrounding areas for Pope Francis’ final events in the Philippines on Sunday, braving a steady rain to hear the pontiff’s message of hope and consolation for the Southeast Asian country’s most downtrodden and destitute. Organizers expect as many as 6 million people at his final afternoon Mass, surpassing the 5 million record set by St. John Paul II at the same Rizal Park in 1995.